Show I Bennett Seeks School Funds Sen Wallace F. F Bennett Utah R-Utah today joined in sponsoring sponsoring spon spon- sorin a resolution to autho auth auth- o 0 or r i z e the Department of Health Education and Welfare to pay school districts their full entitlements for fiscal year 1970 under the impacted aid program UNDER FULL entitlement Utah's school districts would receive during fiscal 1970 which began July 1 However because the Administration Adminis Adminis- I has requested a greatly reduced amount for the program program pro pro- gram Utah will get only 1 or about 12 per cent of its full entitlement Unless this amount is increased increased increased in in- creased substantially some of I our states state's school districts which are highly dependent on the impacted aid program will willbe willbe willbe be seriously hurt Sen Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett said THE TilE UTAHN who is cosponsoring cosponsoring cosponsoring co- co sponsoring the resolution with Sen Joseph N. D-N. M. M continued The impacted aid aidI program authorized under P. P I L. L is an equitable means of compensating local school districts who must absorb the of Federal employees who live and or work on tax fre e Federal installations H Sen Bennett said that m million is required this year to ensure full entitlement nationally under the program However the President has only requested m million million million mil mil- lion for impacted aid UNTIL APPROPRIATIONS for HEW are finally acted upon S i by must Congress the the Department i continue to disburse funds fun I under authority granted by bv continuing resolution L Sen s. a Bennett explained Under th the continuing resolution funds ar are granted at the rate of the Presidents President's budget request for or fiscal 1970 I He Ha continued The liThe House Hause of nf Representatives has already increased the Presidents President's budet bud I i et request to m million but HEW is still bound by th the th continuing resolution until l a ai a. a tion is concluded on the appropriations bill THE SENATE JOINT Resolution Res Res- being sponsored co by bv Sen Bennett seeks to exempt impacted aid funds from the provisions of the continuing resolution and thus to provide HEW with the immediate authority to make allocations based on full entitlement |